A summons may be served by any person who is at least 18 years of age and not a party to the action.
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 414.10
Persons Who May Serve Summons
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Veeck v. Commodity Enterprises Inc. (1973)
Most recently applied in Rice v. Rice (In re Rice) (June 2004)
Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1610.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.